United States 🇺🇸 US House of Representatives Discussion Thread!

[Sergeant Foley]

 

[Sergeant Foley]

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Next on the Hit-List of US Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY St): She's calling for the resignation of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who's facing aggressive backlash from bipartisan group of United States Senators and the like for NOT disclosing the true nature of his medical procedure.

 

[Zachowon]

He shouldn't have kept it hidden

 

[Bacle]

Wait, are they saying Austin himself told his staff not to contact the wider DC gov?

 

[The Whispering Monk]

Wait, are they saying Austin himself told his staff not to contact the wider DC gov?

If that's the case, then he should get tossed out.

 

[Cherico]

If that's the case, then he should get tossed out.

That depends on how much his friends are willing to protect him.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: US Rep. Greg Pence (R-IN 06th), the brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, announced he will NOT be seeking reelection to a fourth two-year term in 2024.
https:/rrhelections.com/index.php/2024/01/09/in-6-rep-greg-pence-r-will-not-seek-re-election/

 

[Sergeant Foley]

It appears that the newly-created African American majority congressional district in Louisiana has pretty much gerrymandered out US Rep. Garrett Graves (R-LA 06th):

 

[willdelve4beer]

It appears that the newly-created African American majority congressional district in Louisiana has pretty much gerrymandered out US Rep. Garrett Graves (R-LA 06th):

I defy anyone too look at Louisiana district 6 and tell me with a straight face that is not a gerrymander.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

I defy anyone too look at Louisiana district 6 and tell me with a straight face that is not a gerrymander.

No it's not. It benefits blacks so therefore it's completely legitimate.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

I defy anyone too look at Louisiana district 6 and tell me with a straight face that is not a gerrymander.

We're going to find out soon enough if this congressional redistricting map gets the Ok.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

No it's not. It benefits blacks so therefore it's completely legitimate.

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[Sergeant Foley]

 

[DarthOne]

Good news or bad? What’s sort of person is he? Is he a RINO or not?

 

[Poe]

Feel like this thread has been seriously derailed by people posting about house members and forgetting this is about shutdowns and the speaker.
There's been another stop gap bill passed

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-scrambles-pass-stopgap-bill-avert-government-shutdown-2024-01-18/

With MTG threatening to remove Speaker Johnson over it

 

[Cherico]

Feel like this thread has been seriously derailed by people posting about house members and forgetting this is about shutdowns and the speaker.
There's been another stop gap bill passed

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-scrambles-pass-stopgap-bill-avert-government-shutdown-2024-01-18/

With MTG threatening to remove Speaker Johnson over it

there is going to be another government shut down.

Quite frankly put we have been having these budget fights over and over again for years now, and the right most defently feels like they have made more then enough concessions and want the left to give which the left never wants to do. Sooner or later the fuck it moment happens.

The chance of it happening with each of these things its low maybe 5% but if those dice get rolled each time...then yeah its going to happen.

 

[Poe]

there is going to be another government shut down.

Quite frankly put we have been having these budget fights over and over again for years now, and the right most defently feels like they have made more then enough concessions and want the left to give which the left never wants to do. Sooner or later the fuck it moment happens.

The chance of it happening with each of these things its low maybe 5% but if those dice get rolled each time...then yeah its going to happen.

Well I think the right is, well, right here. They have conceded repeatedly and left consistently wants to raise spending and call them the bad guys for demanding cuts. Last year we actually got cuts only after Biden played chicken with loan repayments. We do need to cut spending, we tax people at every turn and still can't afford all we're wanting to pay for.

 

[strunkenwhite]

There isn't political support for real cuts, which is why the political will always evaporates at the finish line. How do you convince the public that cuts are necessary? Well, the quickest way is probably to show them the level of taxes needed to fund the obligations in question.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Feel like this thread has been seriously derailed by people posting about house members and forgetting this is about shutdowns and the speaker.
There's been another stop gap bill passed

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-scrambles-pass-stopgap-bill-avert-government-shutdown-2024-01-18/

With MTG threatening to remove Speaker Johnson over it

Triggered US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA 13th) is an asshole!

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Due to the chaos inside the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives and the fact that DC is broken, another retirement courtesy of US Rep. Duren Ruppersberger (D-MD 02nd) who chose NOT to seek reelection this year.